The Teacher and the School Curriculum

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The PPST provides for the career stages of a teacher. Which of the following is the
highest career stage?
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1 point

Career Stage 4 or Distinguished Teachers

Career Stage 3 or Highly Proficient Teachers
Career Stage 2 or Proficient Teachers
Career Stage 1 or Beginning Teachers

Which feature of the K to 12 Curriculum caters on Filipino learners and needs of the
community?
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1 point

Seamless
Relevant and responsive
Decongested
Enriched

Should the planning of Continuing Professional Development programs consider the

ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework?
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1 point

No, continuing professional development is required only in the Philippines

Yes, for professionals to be globally competitive
Not necessarily, it is enough that continuing professional development programs abide by PQF
standards
That depend on the profession concerned

How many domains and strands does the Philippine Professional Standards for
Teachers have?
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1 point

7 Domains, 35 Strands
8 Domains, 37 Strands
7 Domains, 37 Strands
8 Domains, 35 Strands

Just like any stakeholders, _____ would like to get the best of their investment in
education. They are willing to shoulder the cost of educating their offspring for as long
as best learning or schooling experiences are achieved.
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1 point

Teachers
Parents
Students
Community members

Which PQF level is expected for graduates of baccalaureate degree which is trying to
earn a professional license, at the minimum?
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1 point

4
5
6
7

When the aim of the curriculum is to provide the learners with the needed skills in this
ever-changing world, the curriculum reflects the belief that it should
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1 point

provide learners with the knowledge needed for social relevance

perpetuate cumulative tradition of organized knowledge
provide avenues for the students to do self-expression
allow learner’s self-actualization

Ms. Duarte, a Science teacher tries to enrich in the content of her lesson by identifying
related concepts in Math. What pattern of organizing content/ subject matter did she
consider?
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1 point

Broad field
Correlated
Core
Discipline

Which are output-driven undertakings with specific calendar schedule and resource
assignment?
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1 point

Learning outcomes
Activities
Learning resources
School projects

Which of the following frees children from the four corners of classroom wherein a class
is divided into two groups: Group 1 goes to school and group 2 learns at home or vice
versa?
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1 point

Open High School Program (OHSP)

Modified In-school Off-School Approach (MISOSA)
Instructional Management by Parents, Community and Teachers (IMPACT)
Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

In SEC 2010, Math and Science are taught using what approach?
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1 point

Discipline-based
Spiral progression
Thematic approach
Integrative approach

Mr. Bernardo, a curriculum consultant on economics insists that in selecting curriculum

content, it is better that throughout the high school years, economic geography
concepts be used to recur and be repeated with depth for effective learning. What
criterion in content selection is shown here?
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1 point

Validity
Continuity and sequence
Significance
Learnability

Which is given to high school students who incur long term absences or who are
permanently unable to attend school due to time, distance or physical impairment?
*
1 point

Open High School Program (OHSP)

Modified In-school Off-School Approach (MISOSA)
Instructional Management by Parents, Community and Teachers (IMPACT)
Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE)

New courses are now offered by a university hence, its faculty are asked to prepare the
syllabi of their new courses. What do you call this curriculum process?
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1 point

Curriculum change
Curriculum planning
Curriculum development
Curriculum improvement

The phase of curriculum development which involves a survey of the current needs of
the learners and the demands of society is curriculum
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1 point

Planning
Evaluation
Organization
Implementation

Mrs. Aguilar would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because
she believes that all subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards the holistic
development of the learner. Is her belief about the subject-centered curriculum true? 
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Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs, interests and
abilities
No, because it is the experience-centered curriculum that emphasizes the teaching of facts and
knowledge for future use
Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control.
No, because it is the experience-centered and not the subject-centered curriculum that
emphasizes integration of habits and skills in learning the knowledge component of a subject
area.

To know if the objectives set in the curriculum are accomplished, ____ assessment
should be done or constructed.
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1 point

Diagnostic
Formative
Subjective
Objective

A curriculum developer wants to combine geography, civics and culture, and history to
complete the subject area of Social Studies. The curriculum developer clearly manifests
favor for the 
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1 point

Correlated subjects
Broad fields
Fused curriculum
Core curriculum

Referring to the characteristics of the Basic Education Curriculum which does NOT
belong to the group?
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1 point

More flexible
Less prescriptive
More compartmentalized
More integrated

Why should continuing professional development be in accordance with the PQF?

Because the PQF _____ for each level of the Philippine education system
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1 point

states the assessment task

states the qualification standards
describe the attributes of a graduate
lays down the industry requirements

In the elementary level, English literature and social studies relate well. While history is
being studied, different literary pieces during the historical period is being studied as
well. What curriculum design is shown here?
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1 point

Subject design
Discipline design
Correlation design
Broad field design

Which curriculum emphasizes the study of science and mathematics?

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1 point

Idealist curriculum
Pragmatist curriculum
Realist curriculum
Existentialist curriculum

Which one explains curriculum alignment correctly?

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1 point

Teachers emphasize different learning experiences based upon their skills and interests
Teacher plan activities considering learners multiple intelligences and varied learning styles
Objectives match with assessment
Objective match with instruction and assessment

Which is a popular teaching-learning approach found in the Philippine schools where

classrooms are generally self-contained, teacher is the focal point and reference, and
the pupils are taught the basic skills – reading, writing and counting?
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1 point

Situation approach
Traditional approach
Montessori approach
Eclectic approach
The Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) is concern to teacher’s
professional growth. Furthermore, it also concerns with the students’ differences and
how well teachers know about their students. In what domain does this fall?
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1 point

Community Linkages and Professional Engagement

The Learning Environment
Content Knowledge and Pedagogy
Diversity of Learners

The following statements are characteristics of the subject-centered curriculum

EXCEPT for
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1 point

The main task is mastery learning

The teacher has full control of the lesson
There is a high level of cooperative interaction
It covers much of the content in a short span of time

Which of the following career stages as defined in the PPST is expected to provide
support and mentoring to colleagues in their professional development?
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1 point

Career Stage 4 or Distinguished Teachers

Career Stage 3 or Highly Proficient Teachers
Career Stage 2 or Proficient Teachers
Career Stage 1 or Beginning Teachers

The following schools are the area of study of SEAMEO INNOTECH in the process of
reviewing the Philippine curriculum before the implementation of the K to 12 Program
EXCEPT
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1 point

Manila Science High School

Don Bosco Technical College
San Pedro Relocation Center National High School
Polytechnic University of the Philippines

How does a goal-oriented curriculum culminate? In _____.

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1 point

Planning of activities
The formulation of objectives
Questioning for creative thinking
Evaluation

Which of the following refers to professional development activities that shall be

developed, managed, quality assured, monitored and evaluated?
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1 point

Learning and Development System

School Based Management
Competency Standards
Human Resource Development

Which of the following embodies the operation “Return-to-the-Basics”?

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1 point

NSEC
NEAT
NSAT
NESC

Ms. Natividad, a classroom teacher, wants to try-out to her class another strategy she
has learned from a seminar-workshop she has attended. Which level of curriculum is
shown in this situation?
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1 point

Societal
Experiential
Institutional
Instructional

How is the latest curriculum introduced in the elementary and secondary schools
called?
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1 point

Understanding by Design
Revised Basic Education Curriculum
Restructured Basic Education Curriculum
Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum
Peer influences, school environment, physical condition, mood of teachers, etc. are part
of the Unintended Curriculum which may affect or influence learning outcomes. This
also known as ______ curriculum.
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1 point

Supported
Hidden
Recommended
Learned

This concerns with the transition between grade levels and continuum competencies
through spiral progression approach?
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1 point

Seamless
Relevant and responsive
Decongested
Enriched

Jerome Bruner taught that curriculum should revisit basic ideas, build on them, until the
students grasp the full formal concept. Which is an offshoot of this thought?
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1 point

Basic curriculum
Hidden curriculum
Spiral curriculum
Restructured curriculum

The Back-to-Basics curriculum is in essence a/an _______ curriculum.

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1 point

Existentialist
Essentialist
Progressivist
Perennialist

Which of the following statements is NOT acceptable?

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1 point

Instruction is the actual engagement of learners of the planned learning activities

Curriculum determines what assessment should be done, and how to do it.
Instruction requires teachers to use a variety of action to accomplish a variety of functions
Assessment establishes what is to be accomplished in teaching and learning

This program in public schools aim to provide additional subject to Arabic language and
Values Education
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1 point

Madrasah Education
Arabic Emergent Reading
Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education
Indigenous Peoples Education

What are the changes brought about by various national and global frameworks that
necessitates the improvement of NCBTS; hence the development of PPST?
I.The K to 12 Reform
II.ASEAN Integration
III.Globalization
IV.Changing character of 21st century learners
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1 point

I and II
II and IV
I, II and III
I, II, III and IV

The Filipino learner envisioned by the DepEd is one who is imbued with the desirable
values of a person who is ____
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1 point

Makabayan, makatao, makahalaman at maka-Diyos

Makabayan, makasarili, makakalikasan at maka-Diyos
Makabayan, makakaragatan, makatao at maka-Diyos
Makabayan, makatao, makakalikasan at maka-Diyos

Teacher C has found out that there was a mismatch between the content she was
teaching in the class and the competencies tested in the standards-based assessment
given after a year of instruction. This situation calls for curriculum
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1 point
Planning
Designing
Alignment
Implementation

Which is/are characteristic feature/s of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum?

I.  Constructivist

II.  Integrative

III.  Essentialist
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1 point

I only
I and II
II only
I, II and III

What view of curriculum leads to the concept that discipline is the sole source of
curriculum? Hence, curriculum is divided into chunks of knowledge we call subject
areas.

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1 point

Progressivist's view
Essentialist's view
Socio-constructivist's view
Existentialist's view

Complete Name (Surname, Given Name, M. I.)*

Your answer

The curriculum of a local secondary school is controlled and cooperatively directed by

learners, teachers and parents. What type of curriculum is this?
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1 point

Subject-centered
Teacher-centered
Community-centered
Experience-centered

As stakeholder in curriculum development, Mrs. Cruz, a district supervisor and a

member of the school board, has one of the following primary roles. Which one is this?
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1 point

Support and participate in parent-school organization activities

Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation
Enact legislation to effect curriculum improvement
Recommend changes in the curriculum

What design under subject-centered curriculum fuses subjects such as geography,

economics, political science, anthropology and history into one subject called social
studies?
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1 point

Subject design
Discipline design
Correlation design
Broad field design

The students’ first languages are to be the medium of instruction during the first three
years of formal schooling both in the public and private schools. Which of the following
stakeholders in curriculum development asks for this requirement?
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1 point

Parents
Teachers
Publishers
Legislators

Which of the following choices is considered as social force that affects the school and
the curriculum?
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1 point

Nature of knowledge
Learner's style
Changes in gender roles
Learner's characteristics

The following are curricular themes for Kindergarten in the K to 12 curriculum EXCEPT
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1 point

Myself
My Friends
My Family
My Community

Who was dubbed as the “father of OBE” whom defined OBE as clearly focusing and
organizing everything in the educational system around the essential for all the students
to do successfully at the end of their learning experiences?
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1 point

Jay McTighe
William Spady
Allan Glatthorn
Franklin Bobbit

Mr. Reyes, the principal of Bagumbato National High School, opted to use the
curriculum that employs the integration of Music, Arts, P. E. and Social Studies on a
longer time block. This situation clearly shows that the principal prefers to use
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1 point

Core
Correlated
Broad fields
Single subject

The following are examples of Learner-Centered Design EXCEPT

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1 point

Child-centered design
Humanistic design
Experience-centered design
Life situation design

Ms. Oliveros, a language teacher, has noticed that Bryan, a diagnosed dyslexic child,
has already improved in his reading, writing, gross and fine motor abilities. She
recommended to her principal that Bryan should be learning in a regular classroom.
Which of the following does the teacher want to happen?
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1 point

Promotion
Intervention
Inclusion
Exclusion

The Philippine Qualifications Framework is very significant in the development of

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1 point

Content and performance standard

Learning resources
Critical content
Learning competencies

Teacher B wants to give his student the freedom to choose what to learn and believe,
and allow the student to set his own identity and standards. Teacher B clearly shows
that he believes in
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1 point

Realism
Idealism
Perennialism
Existentialism

If we aim to produce globally competitive graduates, the Philippine education should

give major emphasis on ____
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1 point

English, Science and Mathematics

Technology and Citizenship Education
Humanities and Work Education
Bilingual Education and Values Education

The sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization and designing, implementation

and evaluation sum up the process of 
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1 point

Curriculum and instruction

Curriculum management
Curriculum development
Curriculum assessment
Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda is composed of how many Key Reform Thrusts
(KRTs)?
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1 point

3
5
7
9

Mrs. Bondoc, the principal of Magalang Elem School invited the Brgy. Chairman in the
school to solicit inputs for a new curriculum in Social Science which highlights
indigenous knowledge in the community. What is shown in this situation?
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1 point

Community members as supporters of curriculum

Community members as curriculum resources
Community members as managers of curriculum
Community members as beneficiaries of curriculum

Which was the 1980’s foremost educational issue?

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1 point

Bilingual Education
Values Education
Accountability
Mainstreaming

What assessment data in the PPST is something that most teachers do everyday as
they think about their professional practice, collaboration, sharing of ideas and striving
to improve instructional outcomes?
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1 point

Professional network
Professional reflection
Professional collaboration
Professional learning

The students’ first languages are to be the medium of instruction during the first three
years of formal schooling both in the public and private schools. Which of the following
stakeholders in curriculum development asks for this requirement?
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1 point

Parents
Teachers
Publishers
Legislators

If the curriculum is designed following the traditional approach, which feature/s

apply(ies)?

I.  The aims of the curriculum are set by professionals and experts

II.  Interested groups (teachers, students, communities) are assumed to agree with the
aims of the curriculum

III.  Consensus building is not necessary

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1 point

III only
I, II and III
I and II
I and III

In OBE, assessment of learning should match with ______.

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1 point

Learning content
Learning references
Learning outcomes
Learning materials

In recent curricular revisions, the humanities are gradually replaced by technical

courses that bear practical consequences. This shows that curricular direction is toward
____
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1 point

Pragmatism
Realism
Utilitarianism
Essentialism
Which statement about the subject-centered curriculum is NOT true?
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1 point

There is a high level of cooperative interaction

It covers much content in a short period of time
The teacher has full control of the classroom activities
The main task is mastery learning

Teacher Dominguito believes that a new respect for the child is fundamental in
curriculum. Thus all activities in the classroom are geared towards the development of
the child – the center of the educative process. To which approach in curriculum does T.
Dominguito adhere?
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1 point

Learner-centered
Subject-centered
Problem-centered
Pragmatic

On which theory is the logical sequencing of curriculum based?

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1 point

Reconstructionism
Essentialism
Perenialism
Progressivism

The following are features of the Restructured Basic Education Curriculum EXCEPT
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1 point

Stronger integration of competencies and values within and across the learning area
Greater emphasis on content, less on the learning process
Increased time for tasks to gain mastery of competencies
Interdisciplinary modes of teaching

Which of the following is the most important component of educational reform?

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1 point

Hiring only excellent teachers

Implementing a better curriculum for students
Involving parents in the education of the children
Allowing the students to participate more in extra-curricular activities

K to 12 curriculum is to holistic development as BEC and SEC is to _______

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1 point

Functional literacy
Discipline-based
Core curriculum
Concept development

The following are characteristics of the Experience-centered curriculum EXCEPT for

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1 point

The classroom activities are cooperatively controlled by the learner and the teacher
The emphasis is on the holistic development of the individual learner
Education aims to develop a socially creative individual
Facts and knowledge are to be mastered for future use.

What school form is used by teachers to register the pupil/students in the Learner
Information System (LIS)?
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1 point

SF 1
SF 2
SF 3
SF 4

This refers to individuals or organizations that have an influence in the success or

failure of an organization or system. This includes people who influence a decision as
well as those affected by it.
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1 point

Stockholders
Stakeholders
Board Members
Board of Directors

Which concerns with the optimum development of the Filipino child as one of the
features of the K to 12 curriculum?
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1 point
Seamless
Relevant and responsive
Enriched
Learner-centered

Which of the following are the basic components of curriculum design?

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1 point

Content, Assessment and Delivery

Assessment, Teaching Strategies and Textbooks
Philosophy, Goals and Objectives
Standards, Learning Competencies and Evaluation

Which principle of OBE points to the idea that everything teachers do must be clearly
focused on what they want students to know, understand and be able to do?
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1 point

Clarity of Focus
Designing Down
High Expectations
Expanded Opportunities

In what grade are exploratory subjects taken in TLE in the K to 12 curriculum?

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1 point

Grade 7 to 8
Grade 8 to 9
Grade 9 to 10
Grade 11 to 12

Which of the following is NOT true about OBE?

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1 point

OBE sets high expectations from the learners

OBE provides expanded opportunities to learners
OBE focuses on the use of performance-based assessment
OBE stresses the coherence between assessment and intended outcomes

Johnny, a Junior HS student, connected his lesson on fractions with his Social Studies
lesson on land ownership during the time of Feudalism. Which curriculum design
element is reflected in Johnny’s practice?
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1 point

Articulation
Integration
Continuity
Balance

Teacher A has found out that the results of the curriculum that was implemented call for
an alteration in the set of objectives and competencies. Which of the following
curriculum development stages does teacher A want to do?
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1 point

Curriculum planning
Curriculum evaluation
Curriculum change
Curriculum improvement

The construction of the curriculum in a modern school should be ____.

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1 point

Planned by the principal, supervisors, superintendents and teachers

Decided by the DepEd and followed by all schools in the country
Planned cooperatively by experienced persons and students
Build based on books available in school

Which is considered as the mother of disciplines in which education finds its rationale?
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1 point

Sociological factors
Psychological attributes
Cultural factors
Philosophical views

Which of the following statements below shall the PPST NOT to be used?
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1 point

It can be used as the basis for all learning and development programs for teachers
It can be used for the selection and promotion of teachers
It can be used for the salary increase of teachers
It can be used for appraisals in the performance of teachers
Schools divide the school hours to different subjects such as reading, grammar,
literature, math, science, history and geography. What curriculum design is referred
here?
*
1 point

Problem-centered
Learner-centered
Subject-centered
Culture-based

The use of the integrated approach in both secondary and primary level subjects is a
result of the implementation of the 
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1 point

Program for Decentralized Education

School-based Management
Basic Education Curriculum
Schools First Initiative

In BEC, Makabayan as a subject _____.

*
1 point

Singles out Values Education

Integrates English, Filipino, Science and Math
Serves as a practice environment for holistic learning
Compartmentalizes subjects excluding English, Filipino, Science and Math

The following are considered as direct stakeholders of education EXCEPT

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1 point

Faculty
Students
Teachers
Political leaders

What is the main concern of spiraling a curriculum?

*
1 point

Curriculum renewal and revision

Vertical articulation of a given subject across grade level
Incorporating governmental thrusts and societal concerns
Horizontal articulation among the subjects in a grade level

When the teacher puts into action all the different planned activities in the classroom,
the curriculum is called _____.
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1 point

Recommended curriculum
Written curriculum
Taught curriculum
Supported curriculum

When developers try to obtain relevant information to be able to judge the worth of an
educational program, its product, procedures, and objectives, the developers are in the
process of curriculum
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1 point

Planning
Designing
Evaluation
Alignment

Which is NOT a description of the learner-centered curriculum?

*
1 point

Emphasis is on the total growth and development of the learners

Controlled and cooperatively directed by learners, teachers and parents
Education is a means to develop socially creative individual
Emphasis upon facts and knowledge for future use

Which is a characteristic of a curriculum for life-long learning?

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1 point

Education could study in and out of school

Learning is strictly imposed by the curriculum
Education is controlled by time
Individual is restricted by the teacher’s requirement

The K to 12 Curriculum aims for understanding, mastery and removal of unnecessarily

repeated competencies. Which feature is being described?
*
1 point
Seamless
Relevant and responsive
Decongested
Learner-centered

This refers to the appropriateness of the content in the light of the particular students
who are to experience the curriculum.
*
1 point

Significance
Validity
Interest
Learnability

Which educational intervention is described when one teacher is assigned for 2 to 3

different grade levels in a single class?
*
1 point

Multi-age instruction
Modified In-school Off-School Approach (MISOSA)
Instructional Management by Parents, Community and Teachers (IMPACT)
Effective and Affordable Secondary Education

For the continuing professional development seminars of the graduates in the Master’s
level to meet the standards, the outcome/s should be in accordance with which level in
the PQF?
*
1 point

5
6
7
8

Which of the following refers to the inculcation of advance KSV in post-licensure

specialization for professional practice?
*
1 point

Post Graduate Studies

Professional Oath
Teacher Education Development Program
Continuing Professional Development
The K to 12 uses integrative, inquiry-based and constructive approach in learning.
Which feature is being described?
*
1 point

Seamless
Relevant and responsive
Decongested
Enriched

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